repercussive


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repercussive

(rē″pĕr-kŭs′ĭv)
1. Causing repercussion.
2. An agent that repels; a repellent.
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This draft statute emphasizes the pedagogical thrust of the prohibition, downplays the repercussive role of the law, and embodies aspects of approaches adopted by those countries that have banned corporal punishment of children.
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and most western democracies are founded on a separation of church and state, the total banishment of religion from public schools has the repercussive effect of weakening tolerance for the general practice of religion.
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That this right is still endlessly contested today explains a large measure of the film's repercussive force.
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